Thomas Spalding

Thomas Spalding (25 March 1774-5 January 1851) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-GA) from 24 December 1805 to 1806, succeeding Cowles Mead and preceding William Wyatt Bibb.

Biography
Thomas Spalding was born in Frederica, Glynn County, Georgia in 1774, and he became a lawyer in 1795. He served as a State Senator in 1799 and in 1803, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1805 to 1806; he was one of the founders of the Bank of Darien and the president of its Milledgeville branch. Spalding also became a cotton planter on Sapelo Island, owning 400 slaves in 1830. He died in 1851.